[BC] Mod Monitors and peak flashers...

[Burt I. Weiner]

Meter ballistics is the reason for the "Peak Light" or flasher.  I 
forget the exact number off the top of me head, but there is a 
specific time duration for the peak/s before the light would flash.

Occupied bandwidth is one way to make measurements and sort of 
accomplishes the same thing.  Can you imagine what would happen if we 
did away with the standardized +/- 75 kHz (ok. 110 with SCA's) and 
went strictly by occupied bandwidth?  Now we'd be arguing over which 
spectrum analyzer and methodology to use.  It would bring new meaning 
to the term, "Modulation Wars".  Can you also imagine what it would 
be like if everyone on the freeway was driving one of those monster Hummers!

Burt


At 11:45 PM 10/5/2007, R wrote:
>Mod monitors have their own personality and can be somewhat meaningless.
>Even on the metered part of the measurement, differing ballistics
>produce greatly varying results. One group I worked for specified the
>use of only one brand monitor because it made you 'work harder' to fully
>modulate the transmitter.

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